Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Introduction
The Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry emphasizes the development of energy and advanced materials, including biologically-related materials, and aims to develop science based on environmental harmony. By creating, using and recycling chemical substances, harmonization between science and nature is realized. The department cultivates human resources who can be autonomous as cutting-edge researchers and engineers.
List of Research Areas and Faculty Members
| Course | Faculty in Charge | Research Institute Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Analytical Chemistry | Professor | Masayuki Itagaki | Electroanalytical Chemistry |
| Junior Associate Professor | Isao Shitanda | Electroanalytical Chemistry | |
| Junior Associate Professor | Masashi Nojima | Surface Analytical Chemistry | |
| Inorganic Material Chemistry | Professor | Shigeru Ito | Inorganic Material Chemistry |
| Professor | Yasushi Idemoto | Electrochemistry | |
| Junior Associate Professor | Kenjiro Fujimoto | Inorganic Material Chemistry | |
| Organic Industrial Chemistry | Professor | Noritaka Abe | Synthetic Organic Chemistry |
| Professor | Takeo Konakahara | Synthetic Organic Chemistry | |
| Professor | Takahiro Gunji | Synthetic Organic Chemistry | |
| Associate Professor | Norio Sakai | Synthetic Organic Chemistry | |
| Associate Professor | Koji Arimitsu | Organic Industrial Chemistry | |
| Industrial Physical Chemistry | Professor | Masahiko Abe | Applied Surface Chemistry |
| Professor | Hideki Sakai | Applied Surface Chemistry | |
| Professor | Makoto Yuasa | Electrochemistry | |
| Associate Professor | Takashi Yamashita | Polymer Chemistry | |
| (Visiting Faculty Members and Research Fields Based on the Joint Graduate School System) | |||
| Industrial Analytical Chemistry | Visiting Associate Professor | Hideki Katayama | Electroanalytical Chemistry |
| Professor* | Masayuki Itagaki | ||
| Inorganic Industrial Chemistry | Visiting Professor | Hiroshi Yanagishita | Separation Chemistry |
| Professor* | Masayuki Itagaki | ||
| Visiting Professor | Junji Akiyama | Crystal Chemistry | |
| Professor* | Yasushi Idemoto | ||
| Organic Industrial Chemistry | Visiting Professor | Masao Shimizu | Organic Industrial Chemistry |
| Professor* | Takeo Konakahara | ||
| Visiting Associate Professor | Tetsuya Aoyama | Polymer Chemistry | |
| Professor* | Yasushi Idemoto | ||
| Visiting Associate Professor | Kazuhiro Sayama | Chemistry of Catalysis | |
| Associate Professor* | Takahiro Gunji | ||
| Industrial Physical Chemistry | Visiting Professor | Dai Kitamoto | Applied Surface Chemistry |
| Professor* | Masahiko Abe | ||
| Visiting Professor | Katsuhiko Ariga | Applied Surface Chemistry | |
| Associate Professor* | Hideki Sakai | ||
| Biotechnology | Visiting Professor | Noyuki Morii | Protein Chemistry |
| Professor* | Takeo Konakahara | ||
| (Main Research Advisors/Deputy Advisors and Research Fields Based on the Faculty's Minor System) | |||
| Complex Fields of Pure and Applied Chemistry | Professor | Masayuki Itagaki | Development of methods for close analysis using statistical processing |
| Professor* (Department of Industrial Administration) | Yoshikazu Ojima | ||
| Professor | Masahiko Abe | Nanoscience of amorphous structures | |
| Professor* (Department of Physics) | Osami Haruyama | ||
| Professor | Takeo Konakahara | Synthesis of antineoplastics and analysis of their biological activity | |
| Professor* (Department of Applied Biological Science) | Masahiko Ikekita | ||
| (Note) * indicates deputy advisors. | |||